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Why Obsessively Checking Investment Accounts Backfires

I check my investment accounts multiple times a day and every red number makes me panic even though I know I should not look so often.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The illusion of control through monitoring creates the anxiety it seeks to prevent.

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